Playing with only nine scholarship players, the Huskies (14-5)
were able to maintain their slim advantage down the stretch by
hitting 12-of-16 free throws over the final three minutes. Craig
Austrie, starting in place of Dyson, accounted for nine of
those free throws en route to scoring a team-high 15 points.

"This sweat that you see isn't from the game. It is from me
hugging every single one of those kids," Calhoun said. "And
quite frankly, they deserve more than a hug from me. They
deserve one from the state of Connecticut. They deserve a hug
from the university. They deserve a hug from our fans."

Indiana (17-2) jumped out fast with freshman Eric Gordon,
Jamarcus Ellis and Armon Bassett each knocking down 3-pointers
to start the game for a 9-0 lead.

Stanley Robinson finally scored UConn's first field goal nearly
five minutes in. The Huskies took their first lead at 17-16 on
a 3-pointer by Price.

Price then scored on a layup and buried another 3-pointer to
give Connecticut a 24-19 advantage before holding a 29-24 lead
at the half.

"We went 4-for-25 for the last part of the (first) half,"
Bassett said. "I thought we had good shots at the basket, we
just didn't make some shots that we usually make today. We
didn't get stops when we needed. That's the bottom line."

Price took charge again in the second half. He scored on a
layup, then sank a leaner with just over eight minutes left to
give Connecticut a 48-39 lead. Hasheem Thabeet then followed
with a dunk off a pass from Price as the Huskies opened their
first double-digit lead of the game.

"Basketball is a game where you have to play it together,"
Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson said. "You can't play it by
yourself. There will be some games like this. You just have to
learn from them. This could be a great learning experience for
our team and I think it will be. We'll bounce back."

Thabeet finished with 12 points, while Robinson and Jeff Adrien
each had 11 for the Huskies, who shot 43 percent (23-for-53)
from the field.

"To do what we did is certainly the greatest win I've had and
it's going to get up there since the national championship team
beat Georgia Tech," Calhoun said. "It could even beat the Duke
game where we came back from down seven."

Bassett led the Hoosiers with 18 points. Gordon finished with
14, D.J. White added 13 and freshman Jordan Crawford 10 for
Indiana, which shot 37 percent (23-for-62) from the floor.

"The bottom line is we didn't play good enough to win," Sampson
said. "Connecticut's team deserved to win this game tonight.
They have a great point guard and their inside guys really
dominated five feet and in ... 10 feet and in.

"Give Connecticut a lot of credit. We can sit here and talk
about what we didn't do, but let's give Connecticut some credit
here. A tough situation for them, their kids came in and really
played well."